Our annual outdoor picnic will not take place at Rock Creek Park this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Join Rabbi Jeremy for songs and stories with a Secular Humanistic Jewish twist. Music and More is aimed at kids 5 to 10 years of age, and those with comparably-aged hearts. Guests welcome! Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Last week we had a lightning-speed introduction to midrash, rabbinic biblical interpretation. This week, we'll start a three-week study of midrash at a more leisurely pace. We'll dig more deeply into understanding how midrash works and why we might study it as Humanistic Jews. You can view previous sessions HERE. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for program link…

~Machar B Mitzvah Celebration~ Please join us for a very special Kabbalat Shabbat this week.  This will be an opportunity for the entire community to honor and celebrate our B Mitzvah graduates from JCS this year. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Join Rabbi Jeremy for songs and stories with a Secular Humanistic Jewish twist. Music and More is aimed at kids 5 to 10 years of age, and those with comparably-aged hearts. Guests welcome! Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.

Midrash II: This week, we'll continue our study of midrash by turning to an in-depth look at midrash aggadah, the various and often very strange stories and other interpretations the rabbis spun out from their study of the Tanakh. You can view previous sessions HERE. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for program link and access information.

All members are welcome to attend. If you are not a board member, please let President Larry Lawrence know you wish to attend so that we may contact you in case of a sudden cancellation.

Juneteenth: this week's Kabbalat Shabbat coincides with Juneteenth, which marks the day on which Blacks in Texas learned -- two years after the Emancipation Proclamation -- that they were freed from chattel slavery. This Shabbat, we'll stop, listen to Black voices, and discuss paths toward action against racism as Humanistic Jews. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for…

Join Rabbi Jeremy as we end Shabbat and enter a new week. Please contact Rabbi Jeremy at Macharjeremy@gmail.com or rabbi@machar.org for meeting link and access information.